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Audlem to be moved on medical grounds

23rd February 2007 @ 9:09am – by Audlem Webteam
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Some may have missed the Forum message posted by Russell Muirhead from the Audlem Medical Practice about the ambulance service. As well as commenting in detail about the ambulance issue, he also gave important news about the Primary Care Trust. He said: "Regarding the West Cheshire PCT and their focus on Chester; 5 years ago we joined the Cheshire Rural Primary Care Group as we felt it would best represent the interests of a rural practice such as Wrenbury and Malpas and to a great extent it worked well."

"Then, despite Government assurances that any move to Primary Care Trust status would be voluntary, we were forced into Cheshire West PCT which was heavily based in the Chester and Ellesmere Port area. This has never worked well and as a Practice we have been gradually disengaging from there towards Central Cheshire PCT, our traditional health partners."

"We have now secured agreement that from 1st April 2007 Audlem will join with Central Cheshire PCT which I believe is a great stride forward. With the continuing revolution in the NHS our future lies in building relationships and sharing resources with Nantwich and Crewe. They have issues of their own which we will inevitably inherit but at least we can meet and work with our neighbours rather than the distant relationship we currently have with Chester."

"On a separate note, I would be interested to hear from anyone who might wish to contribute to a Patient Forum at Audlem. Service provision is likely to change, perhaps significantly over the near future and there will be decisions to be made about the services we provide, some of which may be difficult to balance between the needs of patients, the costs of services and the ability to provide them."

"If anyone would like to help participate in such a group could they contact me by email or leave a message at the Practice please."

You can read Russell's full comments by clicking on to the Forum and then on to the Ambulance debate. Russell can be contacted on Russell.muirhead@gp-n81001.nhs.uk">Russell.muirhead@gp-n81001.nhs.uk


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